Wake Island Airfield

PWAK · United States

METAR PWAK · Wake Island Airfield

16 March 05:55 LT
20m
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 070° Wake Island Airfield 10/28
Wind direction to Wind: 15 kt, gusting 19 kt, 4 beaufort

13 kt

8 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,600
METAR PWAK 161555Z AUTO 07015G19KT 8SM FEW026 26/21 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP148 T02600210 $

METAR Wake Island Airfield - PWAK/AWK

This field is located in United States. The airport is located at latitude 19.28249 and longitude 166.63665. The airport has one runway: 10/28. The ICAO airport code of this field is PWAK. The local airport ID (FAA LID) of this airport is AWK. The airport's IATA code is AWK. The airport is in the Oakland Oceanic West FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Wake Island Airfield on March 16, 2025 05:55, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 070° with a speed of 15 kt. Wind gusts of 19 kt have been measured.

Visibility is 8 mi.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,600 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 26 °C. The dew point is 21 °C, the relative humidity is 74%. The air pressure at sea level is 29.96 inHg (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 09:00 and sets at 21:03. This applies to Wake Island Airfield, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -10 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
10/28 102°-282° 8-10 kt 13-16 kt 53 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Clouds

2,600 ft FEW Few clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 26.0 °C
Dewpoint 21.0 °C
Rel. humidity 74%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Remarks

AO2Automatic weather station that can determine the type of precipitation
SLP148Sea level pressure is 29.97 inHg (29.97 inHg)
T02600210Temperature is 26.0 °C (78.8 °F), dew point is 21.0 °C (69.8 °F)
$This weather station needs maintenance

Daylight period

Sunrise
09:00 (2:45h)
Midday
15:02
Sunset
21:03

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